Ralph McTell – Maginot Waltz (Ukulele)

This is from the album Easy and without tab software I am restricted to simply posting the chords, so you will need to listen closely to get the picking right. The main thing is use a clear waltz rhythmn in the bass,picking strings 6/4/4 each bar for the first two lines. The bass moves betwen 5/3/3 and 5/4/4 as the chords change. I have tabbed it in G but I think (from memory as I have long since lost the

G#9                      F#aug  
All off to Brighton in a charabanc

G#9                         F#aug  
Albert played his banjo and how we sang.

    C         C(2)                 G
The beer was expensive but the laughter was free

    A                     D (D run)
Oh how we do love to all be beside the sea.  

G#9                       F#aug  
Albert had a cousin named Marjorie

G#9                                  F#aug  
And I had been noticing that she had noticed me.

C            Eb7      G  (Gmaj7)  E
I quickly decided if she didn't mind

          A              D       G   (G run)
I would spend the day in her gay company.

We shared a plate of whelks strolling side by side. I said she weren't too old to take a donkey ride But I didn't mind when she laughed and said no So we paused for a while and listened to the minstrel show. There was a notice at the Palace Pier It said there was to be a dance that night and it wasn't dear. I explained of course that I could only waltz And so we waltzed to every tune they played. Instrumental break C | C(2) | G | G | D | D) | G | G7 | C | Eb7 | G (Gmaj7) | E | A | D | G |(G run) Nine o'clock come round we had to take the charabanc Albert was too drunk to play the banjo but still we sang All except Marjorie, I could tell at a glance Because me and Albert was leaving for France. I said "We'll both be home in a week or two Me and Albert and Lord Kitchener will teach the Hun a thing or two. I'm sure to return, after me do not yearn And we will waltz together all our lives through." G#9 3x030x F#aug 2x0332 C x32010 C(2) x32013 Eb7 xx1323

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